This Appeal is directed against an
order dated 15th of December, 2004 passed by a Division Bench of the
High Court of Karnataka at Bangalore in Writ Appeal No.2945 of 2004.

We have heard learned counsel
for the parties and examined the impugned order and the order passed in
the writ petition and other materials on record. Having heard the
learned counsel for the parties and after going through the materials on
record, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order of the
High Court as we find that the High Court has rightly dismissed the writ
appeal on the ground of inordinate delay holding that the preliminary
notification acquiring the land in question including the lands of the
appellants was issued on contd....2/- ::

2:: 15th July, 1982 and the final
notification was issued on 16th August, 1985 and the award was passed on
12th May, 1998 and possession of the land in question was taken over on
30th June, 1998, and subsequent to that the writ petition was filed in
the year 2000. We are, therefore, of the view that the High Court was
justified in dismissing the writ appeal on the ground of inordinate
delay in filing the appeal. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed, with
no order as to costs. Interim order passed by this Court on 4.3.2005
stands vacated.